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horns and a thoroughbred bull, and have car- 

 ried the breeding up from minimum grades 

 until I find the last product to be an animal 

 possessing 127 parts Shorthorn and one part 

 native. I here became convinced that a remark 

 made by our friend, Colonel Robert HoUoway, 

 of Illinois, to me years ago, is forcibly true, viz., 

 'A fault in form can be remedied by Judicious 

 breeding, but a stain on a pedigree can never be 

 wiped out.' . Hence, I purchased thoroughbred 

 females of registered, faultless pedigrees, and 

 have now no interest financially in any breeding 

 cattle except Shorthorns and their grades. This 

 much to show you that I come before you as a 

 Shorthorn partisan, and that whatever I may 

 sav upon this subject is said from the standpoint 

 of a Shorthorn advocate, yet trusting that this 

 partiality may not blind my eye like those of a 

 fond parent, so that no imperfections are dis- 

 covered or recognized in my pets. 



THE BREEDS AT KANSAS CITY AND CHICAGO IN 

 1883. 



"I find, by a careful studv of classes at the 

 Kansas City Fat Stock Show of 1883, that, ex- 

 cluding car-load lots, there were 121 animals 

 entered individually; of these the following 

 classification is made: fifty-five grade Short- 

 horns, twenty-two thoroughbred Shorthorns, 

 eleven grade Herefords, ten thoroughbred Here- 

 fords, five thoroughbred Angus, two thorough- 

 bred Galloways, thirteen grade Galloways, two 

 grade Holsteins, and one thoroughbred Hol- 

 stein. 



"Taking thoroughbreds and grades and class- 

 ing them altogether, we find the following aver- 

 ajre results : 



KANSAS CITY. 



Av. age 

 in days. 



At. 

 weight. 



Av. daily 

 gain 

 from 

 birth. 



At At. daily 



—■ t'di^l -'ft. f^jn 



hirtb. 



One year and under two. 



48 Shorthorns 633 1244 196 



43 Herefords 634 1179 " 2!()1 



Two years and under three, 



30 Shorthorns 903 1723 191 



22 Herefords 942 1543 1 64 



1 Angus 999 1815 1.31 



Three years and under four. 



26 Shorthorns 1,370 2041 1,49 



7 Herefords 1.361 2052 150 



1 Angus 1,380 2355 1.70 



"From this it will be seen that the results at 

 Kansas City and Chicago are practically the 

 same, and hence in treating specifically we in- 

 clude the other also. In the sweepstakes rings, 

 the committee, composed of old, experienced 

 butchers, awarded as follows : 



"In the ring for two years old and under 

 three there were at Kansas City fifteen entries, 

 viz. : Ten Shorthorns, one Holstein, two Here- 

 fords, and two Galloways. The premium was 

 awarded to 'Benton's Champion,' a grade 

 Hereford, or more properly a Hereford and 

 Shorthorn cross. There were nineteen entries 

 in the ring three years and under four, as fol- 

 lows : Fifteen ■ Shorthorns, two Herefords, one 

 Angus and one Galloway. The premium was 

 awarded to Starlight, a grade Shorthorn — 

 seven-eighths Shorthorn, one-eighth native. 

 rrom_ all the foregoing we find the scales pretty 

 evenly balanced between the Shorthorns and 

 Herefords, the black cattle comino; in third. 



JAS. A, FUNKHOUSER, 

 Plattsburg, Mo. 



The preponderance really is in favor of the 

 Herefords. 



A POOR EXCUSE. 



"It is a poor excuse or explanation to say that 

 most of the premium animals claiming to be 

 Herefords grades are really crosses with the 

 Shorthorns, as the following query suggests it- 

 self to every unprejudiced man : If the Here- 

 ford is an inferior animal, whv should the cross 



